Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

The buses I typically commute on have a sign that says "if you see something that doesn't feel right" and I can longer stay silent regarding this weird implied synesthesia

Shared Fantasy, the first sociological monograph about roleplaying games, is about a period when established players are dealing with a new wave of younger players with different priorities. The period is 1978.

"You can't not-be on a boat" - a line of dialogue responsible for me being insufferable for nearly two decades RIP Tom Stoppard

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller November 27,1957

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller November 23,1944

I decided to read the Deadline review that this pull quote is pulled from and it's not a great piece of writing. It also mentions both The Exorcist and Passion of the Christ in the review. Film sounds like it could be more interesting than this promotion implies though

I'm excited to be taking part in the University of Birmingham's Year 12 Christmas lectures on Dec 16th. I'll be delivering an outreach lecture on Christmas horror movies! If are local to Brum and teach Year 12s please bring along your students app.geckoform.com/public/#/mod...

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

I wish the account that posted C&H comics on here was more like the Nancy one and refrained from unfunny captions that feel a bit gpt-y and make me cringe whenever I repost a good comic

Would you take revenge or admit defeat? #CalvinandHobbes #SnowballRevenge

In today's lecture I tried to say frontier and outback in the same sentence but said frontback by accident

Seeing Morocco on this list has reminded me that, somewhere in my folder of teaching clips, I have a file titled Gary Cooper Bi Panic.mp4

Ban this sick filth

Interested in reading Stephen Graham Jones but not sure where to start? Mother Horror is here with an excellent guide 🎃 ❤️ ⭐

Had one of annoying colds that makes work hard but not impossible, meaning I'm grumpy about not having time to update my Australian Action Cinema lecture this year and just had the absolutely deranged thought "Maybe I should watch Wake in Fright to cheer myself up"

Just remembered I own a 3D printer

Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief

Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief

Marley was dog, to begin with

Incredible, really. “There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.

The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track

And of course the most important "inspired by Michael" creation, Tom Bombadil

Spent a good portion of my lecture yesterday telling my students about Fearless Nadia/Mary Ann Evans and lamenting that I still can't track down a copy of Hunterwali. Any advice on sourcing this 1930s Indian stunt film, for research?

Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller December 16,1938

Just starting giggling to myself remembering the haunted look on Maisie Adam's face when she realised the two possible options of "I could paint my face" to make herself black and white

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller November 13,1952

The year is 3035. Corporations have replaced nations. All religions are subscription services. Amazon is reportedly struggling to think of a way to bring the PontiffPrime back from the dead after the permanent exit of @YahBoyDaPope II in the previous installment

Amazon creating it's own problem with Bond has prompted me to sort-of-remember a good joke about the The Witcher recasting where people comment on Geralt being different and Jaskier/Dandelion saying he calls all his Witchers Geralt but I can't remember where I saw it and can't credit the author

"I'm not owned! I'm not owned!!"

@cinefeline.bsky.social A devil... or perhaps another scary bunny?

The Shining is not actually a very good horror film and its status as masterpiece has irreparably harmed the aesthetics of horror cinema

Just a reminder this Oxford-based roundtable on games preservation, archiving & exhibition is next week, and also is a hybrid event 🎮🌏👇

Seriously. Bear: makes bear noises Fassbender: *does jazzhands* Bear: bear noises Fassbender: *does jazzhands* Bear: bear noises Ok, now let’s do a scene on a train, with more bear & less jazz hands. Ok, now let’s take this bear to Europe. More bear sounds, more jazz hands. Etc.

Unironically my favourite piece of Rossetti art, and definitely in my top five Pre-Raphaelite pieces

Just Remembered that Clare Grogan gave me a cake

Abbott and Costello meet the spectre of communism

There should be the odd sporadic complaint fired off as dusk is falling, with complaints being registered in both organised and more reckless forms during the evening, culminating in a spectacular volley of complaining emails to the council around 9pm

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller November 04,1954

New Reichardt and new Ducournau in the same month. Great times for filmmakers that make Matt feel stuff

Folks I watched all of it. Superb film even when I can't understand the dialogue

I'd completely forgotten my copy of Titane was a german release and that unfortunately I speak neither French nor German Might still watch it though

I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN ON CHRISTMAS THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS THAT IS ADVENT WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

PSA

"Person standing next to the principal at graduation (in charge of handing the principal the diplomas)" x.com/dailyportalz...

"Yakult Swallows fan who forgot to bring their cheering umbrella to the game, so they just mime holding an invisible one in their hand" x.com/dailyportalz...

"Person who received an important call right when they were about to eat" x.com/dailyportalz...

"That janitor who cleans the escalator handrail by holding a cloth in place as the escalator moves" x.com/dailyportalz...